957 pages not enough to tell entire Clinton story (Very Funny!)

Chicago Sun-Times ^ | 6/22/04 | RICHARD ROEPER

[wagglebee]

How many riveting details about trailer trash life in Arkansas, non-inhaling adventures in Oxford and gubernatorial elections do we really need?

Unless there's some Penthouse Forum quality stuff in there about Gennifer Flowers and Elizabeth Ward Gracen ("Dear Penthouse, I never thought a guy like me could have a one-night stand with a former Miss America, but it really happened!"), a lot of readers are going to skip over page after page to get to the non-drowsy stuff.

The press reaction to this book is just unbelievably funny.

[Diogenesis]

[Pikamax]

This from Roeper?? What is going on?

[wagglebee]

Either this book is really much worse than we thought it was or the press is trying to get Bubba off the stage in time to give Kerry the limelight.

[conservativehoosier]

Thanks for posting. This review has to be more revealing than the book itself.

[PaulaB]

LOLOLOLOLOL

[Still Thinking]

Are the 957 pages printed on bathroom tissue?

[samadams2000]

I hear its a p.o.s.

[HighWheeler]

"Ahm gonna say this one more time. Ah did not have sex with that woman.....Miz Lewinsky."

[Huck]

trailer trash life in Arkansas

I'm sorry. I dislike der slickmeister as much as the next guy. I don't even like to say his name. I call him x42 or GWB's predecessor or der slickmeister. But I wince at the use of the term "trailer trash." Maybe cause my grandma grew up poor in Mississippi and I lived with her for a while. But I just think it sounds rotten. Maybe Swillie elicits such a term. I wouldn't know cause I ain't buying his stoopid book. That's all I had to say.

[NYCVirago]

Roeper is a big lib, but man, this is a funny column. I particularly liked this part:

March 6, 1952. "There's a television set in the window at Jimmy Joe's Hardware. I saw this show called 'I Love Lucy.' She's OK, but Ethel is hot! Forget Lucy, I love Ethel!"

[goldstategop]

There IS one good reason to buy the book that I can think of: its a great way to fall asleep after you try reading half a dozen pages when you're suffering from insomnia.

[txhurl]

I think NOBODY is going to get any airtime AT all with ANYTHING from June 28 - Aug 15, what with all that's going to happen with the Iraq turnover.

[Tarheel]

... There are endless litanies of meals eaten, speeches delivered, voters greeted and turkeys pardoned ... tedious descriptions of long-ago political debates in Arkansas over utility regulation and car license fees ..."

I wonder if the press has finally figured out that not many people really care about this man. We lived through his nonsense once--we do not read about it again. He is a legend in his own mind.

[wagglebee]

Monica Lewinsky: "I feel as if I am getting the shaft, that this ugly matter has come to a head and blown up in my face. This may be a load to handle, but when things are hard, that is when I am at my best."

If Monica really said this, its about the funniest and on-point thing I've ever heard about her.

[billhilly]

" The press reaction to this book is just unbelievably funny."

Don't forget Dan, "What's the frequency, Kenneth..", Rather.

[South40]

Pics from Bill's book.

One of Bill’s favorite pics of Chelsea. (he keeps it in the bathroom)

[wagglebee]

Well when you think about it, Ratherbiased didn't really throw Bubba any more soft balls than he did when he interviewed Saddam. Rather will basically lick the @$$hole of anybody who hates Bush.

[Bullish]

....its a great way to fall asleep after you try reading half a dozen pages when you're suffering from insomnia.

That's also a great way to give yourself nightmares.